Railroad-spike



N. NIX.

muxo/m SPIKE.

APP-LICATION FILED FEB- 1920.

- Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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UNifraD i stares ref-TENT RAILROAD-SPIKE. l.

, Application inea February 7, 1920,l serial no. :asas-ie.,Y

To all whom t may concer/n.:- l .'.Be itknown thatl, NEELY Nix, a citizen of the United States, residing at Velie,inV the county kof Onaohitaand State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Railroad-Spikes, of.

which the following is a specification, re"- Yerence being had to'y the accompanying drawings. v n Y A j This invention relates to railroad spikes and has for its object Vto provide a spike which cannot be accidentally removed from the tie. I

Another object is to provide a spike having a holding member projecting rom the headof the spike to resist the tendency of side pressurerfrom the train to force the spike Vaway, from the rail. Y. n

Another object is to provide a spike having a holding member adapted to engage the tie in spaced relation to thel spike, to properly position the spike within the tiejand permit the. railv engaging surface of` the' head of-thespike to engage the baseorthe Y With these and other objects in'view the i invention consists in the improved construction to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved spike in applied position, the rail being in section and the tie partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Referring to drawings, A designates a tie adapted to support a portion of the rail The improved spike for holding the rail to the tie consists of a shank 6 having a passage 7 extending longitudinally through lthe central portion of the spike, said pas-- sage terminating adjacent the end 8 of the vtrally of the plate.

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Y Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted @M3267 1920 f spike-in anoutletopeningg), said opening penetrating the side 1Q .of thespike.V An

outlet ,opening 11 extends through thefside y 12 of the Vspike and through the opposite wall ofthe passage containing the opening the passage 7 immediately abovethe opening 11 is reduced as at 13 whilethe wallrof the passage 7 immediately belowthe openingrll projects slightly. inwardly of the passage vas vat 14 and coperateswith the reduced portion '13 of the wall toform 'a guide. i

Thepurpo'se oi the Vpassage 7- and outlet openings will be hereinafterdescribed. l

The ,head 15V-ofthe spike includes an extensionl, the' lower surface ,17 KVof the ex-v r9,7.andabove the opening 9. .The wall of tension beingjincl-ined for engagement with thebase of the rail B to. secure the sametoj thel tie. Projecting `from the head .in alinement with the extension 16v-but in site direction thereto, is a supporting arm 18 having :its lowerj surjface 19 extending slightly upwardly, the end 20ct the arm 18, is Y extendedv downwardly in angularI relationV tothe arm andlinclildesa 'holding plate i21,l the end 20 of the armV being By the novel. arrangethe oppo- ,disposed .cen-

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ment of the arm, Vany pressure applied to the spike must vbe transmitted through the medium of the arm 18 to the plate 21, and

does not go directly from theA spike to the plate 21. By this means great resistance is afforded by the plate as the pressure is ap-p i plied centrally of the upper surface of the plate. .The lower surface 2270i the holding plate 21 is provided with teeth 23 to prevent movementof the plate. l

The spikeis applied to the rail in the usual manner, namely, that of being driven into the tie in a vertical positionso that the surface 17 of the extension'16 will engage the base of the rail B. When the plate 21 comes in Contact with the tie, the teeth 23 are embedded therein and hold the spike in Y its vertical position. To further secure the spike however, a pin 24; is passed through the passage 7 and through the opening 9 if so desired and vthereby secures/the spike in A the tie and eliminates the danger. of the spike being withdrawn accidentally. Thisv pin however, does not resist thetipping thrust of the wheels. vThis is eiciently accomplished by the plate 21. Any tendency of the rail to slide or tilt away from the adjecent rail toward the spike is prevented by A is possible in view in spaced relation in View ofthe novelposition of the arm 18 it is impossible for the plate to slide withl the spike as the pressure is applied directly to the central portion of the plate. This 21 has no direct connection With the adjacent portions of the spike.' It is disposed Should' it be necessary to place this spike near the side of the tie adjacent the opening 9, it Would of course be impossible to extend the pin 24 through the opening 9. In this case the end of theV pin is slightly bentY so Vthat when it is driven through the'passage the bentV portion comes in contact with the guide formedby the reduced'and extended portions 13 and 14 ofthe Wall ofthe passage 7v and thereby guides thel pin through the opening 11.

From the foregoing it `is readily seen that this invention provides a novel spike which Y does not'depend on the cross tie to hold the "spike in engagement With the rail. Y

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tendency of the spikeV to disengage itself frornthe tieis overcome by the pin 24 extending through one of the outlet openings.' In additionto this any side pressure, or even decay ofthe lower portion of the tie will not cause the spike lto leaveY the base of the Vrail and assume an inclined position, as the Vplate 21 by kengagement With the tie retains the spike in its vertical position at al1 tinies yand forcesthe same in to' engagement-With the base of the, rail B.v

of the fact that the plateto the spike'V and is only connected indirectly by means of the arm 18.'

"What I claim is 'Y 1. A spike of the character described comprising a shank including a head, said shank having a passage extending through a portion of its length and terminating in an outlet opening in the side of the spike, the ivall of the passage opposite the Wall through which the outlet opening extends and above said opening having an outlet opening therein, the portion of the Wall above the second mentioned outlet opening being reduced, the portion of said' Wall beloWthe second mentioned outlet opening extending into said passage, anV arxnprojecting from the head ofthe arnnsaid plate being 'disposed in auxiliary securing means extendingfthrough of the spike in angular 7 relation thereto, a holding plate on ,the end said passage and adapted to" be directed through one of said outlet openings vby the' cooperation of the Walls of the/passage With'` said openings. v f

2. A spike, of the character described corn-y prising a shank having a head, an'arin projecting from said shank in the opposite direction to the head, the lower surface of said arm extending upvvardly,ftheA endA of s'aid.V

arm being extended in angular relation to signature. l n Y Y kNEELYVNIX.

the arm, and a plate formedV on the end of 

